Mental Framework Quotes

“People, walking on the catwalk of indifference and evaporating in a bubble of apathy, may be unconscious of the decay of their emotions and the scattering of their attention that are crucial obstacles to refreshing their mental framework and to topping up the content of their life story. ( “Twilight of desire “ )”
― Erik Pevernagie

“If we can tame or restrain our addiction to the blinding overabundance of technical widgets, we can “tool down” our mental frame. It’s, by opening our mind to the infinite potential of the world around, that we can take time for the others and learn to listen and interpret their captivating stories. ("Should I shave first?")”
― Erik Pevernagie

“Recognizing that external events can unnoticeably be woven into the larger narrative of our lives must be an overwhelming focal point. They can reshape our entire mental framework and force us to reconstruct our sense of reality. ("Then everything was capsizing.”)”
― Erik Pevernagie

“Disruption of our mental construct can be deeply disorienting. Still, it may also provide an opportunity for growth and reevaluation, prompting us to rebuild our mental frameworks perhaps more resiliently than before. ("Then everything was capsizing.”)”
― Erik Pevernagie

“Habits of the mind also provide our mental framework – the way we see the world”
― Gyalwa Dokhampa, The Restful Mind

“In July 1941, the local head of the SD had proposed direct killing rather than slow starvation for the jews of Lodz: "There is the danger this winter that the Jews can no longer all be fed. It is to be seriously considered whether the most humane solution might not be to finish off those Jews not capable of working by some sort of fast-working preparation. This would be in any event more pleasant than letting them starve." in a mental world where starvation was taken to be the norm, other forms of killing could be presented as a kindness.”
― Timothy Snyder, Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning